Perfect Storms — Season 1, Episode 5: God's Wrath
Documentary, History • 43 min • 1 season, 6 episodes • ★ 8.3/10
Episode synopsis
In 1755, a powerful earthquake shakes the city of Lisbon for an astonishing 5-6 minutes. Survivors climb out of the rubble and flee to the riverbank only to be engulfed by a massive tsunami. Then the fires start. The city burns for eight days. Tens of thousands die and Portugal is crippled as an imperial power; but out of the rubble new ideas and scientific study take route. Helping to usher in a new age, The Enlightenment.
About Perfect Storms
Investigates what happens when a series of natural and human events catastrophically coincide to change the course of history.